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Practical Magic

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The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman.

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape.

One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them back—almost as if by magic...

286 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1995

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Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew; The Marriage of Opposites; The Red Garden; The Museum of Extraordinary Things; The Dovekeepers; Here on Earth, an Oprah’s Book Club selection; and the Practical Magic series, including Practical
Magic; Magic Lessons; The Rules of Magic, a selection of Reese’s Book Club; and The Book of Magic. She lives near Boston.

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September 13, 2024
Jeg likte denne! En bok som snor seg avgårde, og passer for de tålmodige. Skjedde det mye i boka? Nei egentlig ikke. Er Hoffmann dyktig til å skrive om mennesker, hager og dufter så de føles ekte? JA! Elsker beskrivelsene av blomstene, urtene, relasjonene og søsterskapet. Boka anbefales til de som har tid og liker deskriptive bøker om low key magi og mystikk, planter og vakre hager og kvinner som må håndtere søstre, døtre, tanter og kjærligheten, selv om de ikke alltid vil.
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153 reviews
September 3, 2023
Ble litt skuffet. Synes plottet var kjedelig, likte egentlig ingen av karakterene og hvordan man ble kjent med dem, og det var litt for mye fantasy. Har ikke noe i mot hint av hekserier, men synes det ble litt mye her. Kommer ikke til å lese resten i serien tror jeg.
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